JEDDAH — There comes a time in a day or in a week when you have nothing to do at all. Your homework is done, you have prepared for your tests, you have even done the chores assigned by your mom. You are simply tired of your monotonous routine: watching the same old TV shows or cartoons, eating, drinking, sleeping, playing. According to experts, children should be allowed to get bored because it brings out the creativity in them. So, get your creative juices flowing and surprise your parents, siblings or friends with your artworks. Here two simple activities that you can try on your own with materials available at home. Bangle StandIf you have old bangles lying around that nobody wears, you can use them to make a pencil stand for your desk. Things required Old bangles Glue Cardboard Scissors Pencil Method Step 1: Collect bangles of different colors but make sure they are of the same size. Step 2: Use a bangle to draw a circle on the cardboard piece. Cut it. Step 3: Now stick one bangle on top of the other using the circular cardboard as the base for your pencil stand. Stick the bangles till you get a height of four inches. That's it. Your colorful pencil stand is ready to use. GuitarIf you can't buy a guitar, you can definitely make one. Things required Empty tissue box Four rubber bands (colored preferably) A sheet of colored paper Glue A blade or paper cutter Kitchen paper roll Pencil Method Step 1: Cover the empty box with a colored paper. Use glue to stick the paper. Step 2: Cut out the paper where there is hole in the tissue box with a blade or a paper cutter. (Ask an adult to help you with this.) Step 3: Stick a pencil at one end of the tissue box. Take the rubber bands and stretch them around the box along the length. They are the strings of your guitar. Step 4: Using a sticky tape secure the kitchen-paper roll at the end of the tissue box. Step 5: Decorate the instrument as you like. Pluck the strings and hear the sound. Other interesting things that you can do are:
* You can write. Make a journal and write the things you do in a day or what you want to do tomorrow. * Write new stories and read them to your parents and friends. Try to find the inner writer in you. * Join the nearest activity center. They will provide you with different classes for swimming, tennis, basketball and many other sports. Sports are good for mind as well as body. * Books are our best companions. If you have a book as your friend you will never get bored. Try reading story books and other text books apart from you school course.
